Colombian Government Passes New Act to Deter Cellphone Robberies

•According to caracol.com.co , last year, there were 490 deaths due to cellphone robberies which made up 45% of the cases of theft.
•The government is requiring that within 2 months all vendors receive authorization from the phone companies to sell their phones.
•The government is requiring for the companies to hand over a list of all phones that enter the country to be sold and a list of the stolen phones.
•Vendors will have to give customers certification from the government that the phone being purchased is not stolen as well as the IMEI code so that stolen phones may be deactivated.
•The government is contemplating a sentence of 6 to 8 years of prison for cellphone manipulation. Read Article